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Phonics
Onset
Open syllable
Phoneme
Plosive consonants
R-controlled vowel
Rime
Schwa
Vowel digraph
Alphabet:
Languages that use other alphabets (e.g., Chinese,
Vietnamese, Arabic, and Korean)
Assessment of Phonics:
Informal
Checklists
Surveys
Word sorts
Rubrics
Running records
Miscue analyses
Reading/spelling
inventories
Assessment of Phonics:
Formal
Standardized Tests with Phonics Subtests
Intervention Strategies
Focusing on Phonics
Activities should be based on texts children have
enjoyed and words theyve encountered.
Emphasizing initial consonant sounds:
Word sorting with pictures
Listen for initial consonant blends
Word walls
Personalized word family dictionary
Alphabiography
Alliteration
Dominoes
(continued)
Emphasizing rhyme:
Rhyming Word Concentration
Predictable rhyming texts
Yankee Doodle Poetry
(continued)
Emphasizing sounds
within words:
Listening to the vowel
sounds
Collecting vowel sounds
with different spellings
Word sorting words
Change Hen to Fox
Word ladders
Magical E! Cards